Although 2020 presented several challenges for Cianbro, our team members pivoted throughout the pandemic, creating innovative solutions to stay safe and deliver excellent outcomes for our clients. Their hard work and dedication have recently been recognized by The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), who have named both Cianbro and Starcon International among the top 200 performers in the country.

In 2020, Cianbro completed its first-ever 138kV BOLD® (Breakthrough Overhead Line Design) double circuit transmission line for American Electric Power (AEP). On the first day of the Sorenson-Deer Creek 138 kV BOLD® Transmission Line Rebuild Project, the team agreed that the path to a safe and successful outcome was through collaboration and effective communication, and it paid off. In September, Engineering News-Record (ENR) Midwest awarded Cianbro with the Best Project in the Specialty Construction category for this project.

At the end of 2020, Engineering News-Record (ENR) honored Cianbro with an Award of Merit in its Mid-Atlantic 2020 Best Project Awards in the water/environment category for the Brighton Dam Rehabilitation project in Brookeville, Maryland. The scope of work included resurfacing the concrete spillway of the dam, replacing all of the original intake gates and bar screens, and rehabilitating 13 tainter gates, also known as radial gates.

Cianbro recently received multiple awards for constructing 60 modules for seven individual ethane cracking units (ECU modules) for a brownfield plastic production facility in Pennsylvania.